Careers, Jobs and Education Resources for: Shaw Island, WA

Shaw Island is the smallest of the San Juan Islands served by the Washington State Ferries. The island has a land area of 19.952 km² (7.7037 sq mi) and a small year-round population of 235 (2000 census), with only a slight increase during tourist season. Not all of the ferry system's San Juan runs stop there. The Wilkes Expedition, in 1841, named the island after John Shaw, a naval officer. Shaw is unique among those islands served by the state ferries in having virtually no commercial or tourist-oriented facilities other than two smallish parks, most of the island being privately owned by people who like their privacy. Roads are mostly inland and afford little access to, or even views of, the shoreline. There are 11.5 miles of seal-coated and 2.37 miles of gravel public roads on Shaw. ...
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